Chapter 1796

Su Xinghui nodded faintly. At this time, several more county magistrates arrived. Changshan County Party Committee Secretary Ling Anguo, County Magistrate Shi Ronghuai, and Deputy County Magistrate An Dachang, who was in charge of the economy, also arrived. They greeted the guests one by one and exchanged pleasantries with them.

In fact, among the county magistrates who came today, there were quite a few they didn't know, because after all, they were county magistrates from different provinces and cities, and they basically had no chance to meet in their daily lives. The best opportunity for county magistrates to meet was when they were having meetings together, but since they weren't even from the same province or city, how could they have meetings together?

After this round of pleasantries, they could be considered to have gotten to know these county magistrates. In the next three days, they would further deepen their acquaintance.

By the time it was almost noon, the county magistrates and district heads of the thirteen counties and districts had all arrived. The county leaders of Changshan County hosted a banquet for these county magistrates and district heads at the county party committee guesthouse. After the meal, they settled these county magistrates and district heads into rooms at the county party committee guesthouse to let them rest for a while, and then attend this economic forum at the county government auditorium at two o'clock in the afternoon.

At noon, none of these newly arrived county magistrates and district heads rested. Those few county magistrates who couldn't figure out the situation all found their way to the room of Changshan County Magistrate Shi Ronghuai, wanting him to reveal what exactly this Tianyue Mountain Range Economic Cooperation Forum was today, and what benefits it could bring them.

Shi Ronghuai had heard Su Xinghui talk about what this Tianyue Mountain Range Economic Cooperation Forum was, but his education was limited, and he only half-understood some of the more professional terms and concepts Su Xinghui had talked about. Moreover, it had been several days since Su Xinghui told him these things, and now he had forgotten more than half of it.

Now that so many county magistrates had come to ask for his advice, he felt very glorious and had a lot of face. He had valued face all his life, but he really didn't have much substance in his belly, and he couldn't explain the ins and outs of it. However, he had his own ways; he pretended to be deep and said to let these county magistrates listen at the forum in the afternoon.

Although these county magistrates were itching with curiosity, so many people had come to find this County Magistrate Shi, and in front of so many people, they really found it hard to find an opportunity to gain any benefits. Therefore, they could only return to their rooms in disappointment, waiting for the start of the economic forum.

This unheard-of economic forum really made them itch with curiosity. In these mountainous counties, it was too difficult to achieve any political achievements. Today's economic forum should be considered an opportunity, right? Maybe they could achieve some political achievements?

In fact, some people had heard of economic forums, but those were all foreign. In China, they hadn't heard of any place holding an economic forum. Just for this point alone, coming here today was not a loss.

It was almost two o'clock. Led by the staff, all the county magistrates and district heads came to the county government auditorium. Arriving with them were a full twenty or thirty investors. Mi Xiuyuan and Xie Junqiang were naturally among them, and Yu Ruizhi, Chu Zheng, Han Xiang Dong, Min Tong, and others had also arrived at the scene, counting as showing support for Su Xinghui.

Of course, they also wanted to hear what would be discussed at today's forum; maybe there were huge business opportunities hidden in it. Anyway, as long as it was something Su Xinghui organized, it would never be wrong.

At two o'clock sharp, Changshan County Party Committee Secretary Ling Anguo walked onto the rostrum with high spirits. No one was sitting on the rostrum today, including Shi Ronghuai, Su Xinghui, and other Changshan County leaders who were sitting under the stage. This was to create an atmosphere of equality.

This economic cooperation forum was jointly participated in by thirteen counties and districts. Su Xinghui didn't want to give the participants the impression that Changshan County wanted to be the leader; these thirteen counties and districts were all equal.

If it weren't like this, this economic forum would probably immediately make these county magistrates and district heads feel resentful. They were all county magistrates; why should they listen to Changshan County?

Of course, at the beginning of the forum, Ling Anguo still had to represent Changshan County to express welcome to today's guests. This was a kind of etiquette as a host and had nothing to do with equality.

Ling Anguo said in a loud voice, "Respected guests, first of all, I would like to represent the Changshan County Party Committee to express a warm welcome to all the guests, and welcome everyone to participate in the first Tianyue Mountain Range Economic Cooperation Forum hosted by our Changshan County."

Warm applause erupted under the stage. After the applause subsided, Ling Anguo continued, "The Tianyue Mountain Range Economic Cooperation Forum is a forum for the members of the Tianyue Mountain Range Economic Cooperation Zone. This is a brand-new concept, probably meaning that we counties and districts belonging to the same Tianyue Mountain Range can strengthen economic cooperation, be mutually beneficial, develop together, and achieve common prosperity."

"Of course, as for what exactly will be discussed at the Tianyue Mountain Range Economic Cooperation Forum, I don't know more than the guests present. In this regard, I am just a primary school student, and I also need to learn. Therefore, let Comrade Shi Ronghuai, the County Magistrate of Changshan County, tell everyone about it."

Amidst warm applause, Ling Anguo stepped down from the stage, and Shi Ronghuai stepped onto the stage and stood in front of the microphone. After the applause subsided, Shi Ronghuai said, "Respected guests, just now our Secretary Ling has already said that our Tianyue Mountain Range Economic Cooperation Forum is a grand event for us county magistrates and district heads to explore how to develop the economy together. Here, I would like to represent the Changshan County government to express a warm welcome to all the guests."

"Although I am the county magistrate, the concept of this Tianyue Mountain Range Economic Cooperation Zone was proposed by our Executive Deputy County Magistrate, Comrade Su Xinghui. Like Secretary Ling, I am also going to be a primary school student today and learn more from everyone. Next, I would like to invite Comrade Su Xinghui to come up and tell everyone about the reasons why he proposed the Tianyue Mountain Range Economic Cooperation Zone."

Shi Ronghuai was still quite smart. He really didn't have much of a concept about this, so he was hiding his clumsiness. However, since Ling Anguo had already said he didn't understand, Shi Ronghuai saying this made him appear relatively humble, rather than truly not understanding, which saved his face.

Applause erupted again, and Su Xinghui stepped onto the stage full of confidence.

Seeing that Su Xinghui was so young, the county magistrates of some counties relatively far from Changshan all showed expressions of shock on their faces. They never expected that the Executive Deputy County Magistrate of Changshan County would be so young, and that he had proposed the concept of this Tianyue Mountain Range Economic Cooperation Zone. What kind of monster was this?

These counties were basically in the two counties of Jiangyou and Huxi, so it was very normal that they didn't know much about the situation in Hudong Province.

In Hudong Province, Su Xinghui's fame was naturally very great. It could almost be said that among the cadres at the county magistrate level, he was known to everyone. However, in other provinces, almost no one had heard of him.

This was naturally because the internet media was not very developed in this era. If it were twenty years later, such a young Executive Deputy County Magistrate would definitely have become a "net celebrity" known to all the people in the country.

Some county magistrates couldn't help but whisper to each other. They really couldn't suppress their curiosity. Such a young Executive Deputy County Magistrate, was he even twenty-five years old?

At this age, even being a deputy township head or deputy town head would be considered young, but how could he be a deputy county magistrate? And an executive one at that.

Su Xinghui stood in front of the microphone, looked at those pairs of questioning eyes, and said with a smile, "Respected guests, respected leaders, respected investors, good afternoon everyone! My name is Su Xinghui. Some guests know me, and some guests are seeing me for the first time. However, I hope that from today on, our mutual understanding will be deeper, just as I hope that the cooperation between these counties and districts in our Tianyue Mountain Range will be deeper."

Yu Ruizhi and the others took the lead in applauding. Yu Junchu, Lai Bin, Guan Deyi, Wan Ping, and several other county magistrates also applauded. They applauded very vigorously. Tian Xiaopeng also looked at Su Xinghui with a smile and applauded vigorously.

Driven by them, everyone in the hall applauded, and the atmosphere suddenly became very warm.

After the applause subsided, Su Xinghui spoke again: "The Tianyue Mountain Range is one of the largest mountain ranges in the central region of China. The scenery here is beautiful, the resources are rich, and the people are also very hardworking, smart, and brave. To be honest, this is truly a land of treasure. However, it is regrettable that among these dozen or so counties and districts in the Tianyue Mountain Range, none of them are economically developed areas; almost all of them are poverty-stricken counties."